Counting Our Blessings
Category: Be Smitten
Topics of inspiration, celebration of God’s love in ourself and others.
Celebrating A Year of Being Smitten with Goodness
It was important to me that Smitten with Goodness launched last year on All Saints Day. Because saints love God and they love what is good, I felt putting this stake in the ground would be a guiding force for the journey. When we show up and say “Yes” to God, He uses us to touch lives, bring His love to the world, and walk the path of holiness and sainthood.
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God. Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:7-8
The definition of Smitten with Goodness is being struck by strong feelings of attraction in the direction of being good, holy, and pure. We fall in love with the good. We are smitten, deeply affected, or infatuated with goodness or godliness. A state of being free from guilt and sin, it is being in the presence and flow of pure love.
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When crisis hits, how well do you react? Are you able to manage emotional distress? In a culture where we avoid suffering at all costs, how well are you prepared when you lose a job, get divorced, have a child struggling for life, or see your husband battling to regain health? Having been through these things, it is by God’s grace and Mother Mary’s example I haven’t cracked.
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Ponder: Do you need a little help trusting God’s promises? The gift of the rosary can help.
Continue reading “There is Something About Mary Series – Obtaining God’s Promises”There is Something About Mary Series – Our Gracious Advocate
Ponder: A mother, by nature of her vocation, is an advocate for her children. Our spiritual mother Mary is no different, she pleads to her Son on our behalf.
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Ponder: Mary is forever blessed because she heard the word of the God, said yes to it, and lived it.
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Ponder: Who is your perfect female role model? Trust me, there is truly something about Mary!
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Ponder: Would those around you describe you as loving, joyful, peaceful, patient, kind, good, gentle and with self-control?
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Ponder: Is our hopelessness tied to doubting God’s promises and truth?
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Ponder: Christ loves us, and his love changes the world.
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